<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The idea is to take a device apart, look up how it works and then look up online what the individual components can be used for in other projects. For us noobs, it’s a useful way of getting a feel of how components are used, and how they can be reused. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve been pestering our more knowledgable members and they said that this is the way to start. I know that other groups have set this up as a social event (drinks, food), lay on tunes and then hack away while comparing notes. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">— Shirley<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 29, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Joshua Pritt <<a href="mailto:ramgarden@gmail.com" class="">ramgarden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">We've never had take stuff apart events. Please describe this.<div class="">Do you all sit around a table and take apart old broken DVD players and stuff then sort the usable parts into organized bins?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Shirley Hicks <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:shirley@velochicdesign.com" target="_blank" class="">shirley@velochicdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Now that we have labs that are reasonably complete, we’re looking to start regular tech exploration nights.<br class="">
What do you call your take-stuff-apart events?<br class="">
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Shirley Hicks<br class="">
Red Mountain Makers<br class="">
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